Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
Smoking and public health
Ariel Tenenbaum and Joav Merrick
REVIEW ARTICLES
Infant mortality in Bedouin Arabs in the Negev
Eric J Haas, Natalya Bilenko, Ilana Shoham-Vardi, Larissa Dukhan, and Michael Gdalevich
Pediatricians’ perspective on the challenges of care for Bedouin children in Southern Israel
Jacob Urkin, Foad Elsana, Khalil Elbedour, and Hana Shalev
Genetic predisposition: A principle-based concept analysis
Dru Riddle
Indigenous populations and suicide prevention
Said Shahtahmasebi
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The overlapping and the correlation between D-dimer and C-reactive protein in patients with community-acquired pneumonia and pulmonary embolism
Desa Nastasijević-Borovac, Tatjana Radjenović Petković, Tatjana Pejčić, and Ivana Stanković
Fuelling the obesity epidemic with the consumption of refined sugars in adolescents: A regional analysis among three Caribbean Islands – Trinidad, Bahamas and Barbados
Kameel Mungrue, Kimberley Taylor, Rhea Solomon, Deangria Carey, Rogers Moeng, and Shirrell Lewis
Differential in healthcare-seeking behavior of mothers for themselves versus their children in rural India: Results of a cross sectional survey
Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Ajay G Phatak, Rajendra G Desai, Jeneczka Roman, Somashekhar M Nimbalkar, and Eileen B O’Keefe
Using social learning theory to understand smoking behavior among the lesbian bisexual gay transgender and queer community in Atlanta, Georgia
Lawrence O Bryant, Lisa R Merriweather, and Lorenzo Bowman
Use of health services and metabolic control among Bedouin and Jewish children with type I diabetes
Alon Haim, Jacob Urkin, Neta Loewenthal, Tzila Chechik, Yigal Plakht, and Eli Hershkovitz
Reduction in the prevalence of anemia in Bedouin infants, aged 9-18 months, in Southern Israel
Hana Shalev and Jacob Urkin
